- The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed to observe 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019).
- The Periodic Table was discovered by the Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev and was first published in the year 1869.
- The year 2019 commemorates the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements.
- The International Year will recognize the importance of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements as one of the most important and influential achievements in modern science.
- The International Year of the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements 2019 will also coincide with the Centenary of IUPAC (IUPAC100)
